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Jon G. in Glasgow (UK, not KY) on Psalm 1.
#Bible

If you always have all your digital stuff set to English you may not be aware of how often those of us who use multi-lingual interfaces come across bad auto-translation that force us to do a double-take. (worst case they can of course be very dangerous).

This is from an email log in Gmail today.

The label "Delstat" is presumable from "State" in English, meaning what condition/status the email is in.

But delstat in Swedish essentially refers to U.S.…

Designing Algorithmic Delegates: The Role of Indistinguishability in Human-AI Handoff
Sophie Greenwood, Karen Levy, Solon Barocas, Hoda Heidari, Jon Kleinberg
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03102

Designing Algorithmic Delegates: The Role of Indistinguishability in Human-AI Handoff
As AI technologies improve, people are increasingly willing to delegate tasks to AI agents. In many cases, the human decision-maker chooses whether to delegate to an AI agent based on properties of the specific instance of the decision-making problem they are facing. Since humans typically lack full awareness of all the factors relevant to this choice for a given decision-making instance, they perform a kind of categorization by treating indistinguishable instances -- those that have the same o…

Listening to No Kings in The USA by Gangstagrass: #NoKings #Indivisible

Ukrainische Delegation in Istanbul eingetroffen
Die ukrainische Delegation ist nach Angaben aus Kiew anlässlich der Gespräche mit Russland in Istanbul eingetroffen. Ein Treffen zwischen den Vertretern beider Seiten ist einer Sprecherin des ukrainischen Außenministeriums zufolge für den Nachmittag geplant.
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Ukraine und Russland verhandeln heute in Istanbul ++
In Istanbul soll es heute Gespräche zwischen der Ukraine und Russland geben. Russlands Geheimdienst hat nach eigenen Angaben einen Brandanschlag auf den Schienenverkehr verhindert.

this *sounds* like SFMTA agreed to painting full 20-foot red curbs at every intersection, rather than the mere 10 feet at stop-controlled intersections that has been traffic engineer Ricardo Olea's policy. if so, good! parent organizing worked!
https://www.k…

SFMTA Coming Up Short on Daylighting SF’s Red Curbs, Parents Say
San Francisco’s transit agency says it will change its daylighting policy to ensure compliance with a California traffic safety law intended to protect pedestrians and cyclists.

Nonlinear Dielectric Decrement of Electrolyte Solutions: an Effective Medium Approach
Yasuya Nakayama
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01990 https://

Nonlinear Dielectric Decrement of Electrolyte Solutions: an Effective Medium Approach
Hypothesis. The dielectric constant of an electrolyte solution, which determines electrostatic interactions between colloids and interfaces, depends nonlinearly on the salinity and also on the type of salt. The linear decrement at dilute solutions is due to the reduced polarizability in the hydration shell around an ion. However, the full hydration volume cannot explain the experimental solubility, which indicates the hydration volume should decrease at high salinity. Volume reduction of the hy…

"Maryland House of Delegates Majority Leader David Moon (D) told host Alicia Menendez that two bills he's introduced would enable his state to begin withholding state funds meant for the federal government. Moon defended the bills as necessary due to the Trump administration's recent announcement withholding $7 billion from K-12 schools across the country."
'Act like a collections agency': Democrat reveals blue states' secret weapon against Trump - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/blue-states-trump/

A refinement of the Lorentz local field expression with impact on the Clausius-Mossotti and Lorentz-Lorenz models
Jeroen van Duivenbode, Anne-Jans Faber
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01993

A refinement of the Lorentz local field expression with impact on the Clausius-Mossotti and Lorentz-Lorenz models
In the 19th century Mossotti and Clausius formulated an expression that relates electrical permittivity of a dielectric to the product of molecular polarizability and number density. Lorenz and Lorentz extended the use of that expression to also cover the dielectric s refractive index. These expressions successfully predict the change of the dielectric s permittivity and refractive index as a function of a wide range of its number density, using the consideration that molecular polarizability s…

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Russlands Delegation in Istanbul eingetroffen
Die russische Delegation für die Verhandlungen mit der Ukraine ist in Istanbul eingetroffen, wie die amtliche Nachrichtenagentur RIA berichtet. Die Delegation wird von Kreml-Berater Wladimir Medinsky geleitet.
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Wadephul: Müssen Druck aufrechterhalten ++
Bundesaußenminister Wadephul hat nach einem Treffen mit US-Senator Graham eine gemeinsame harte Linie gegenüber Russlands Präsidenten Putin betont. Friedensforscher mahnen eine Verteidigungsstrategie für Europa an.